Pocket tool-holder



H. L` KRANZ.

POCKET TOOL HOLDER.

1,336,083. Patented Apr. 6,1920.

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Arron/vers gli HERMAN LUDWIG KRANZ, OE BRGOKLYN, NEW YORK.

POCKET TOOlli-HOLDER.

Application filed September 18, 1919.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that l, HERMAN L. KRANZ, citizen of the United States, andresident ol" Brooklyn, in the county 01"' Kings and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful improvements in PocketTool-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for securely retaining tools,implements, and the like, in the pocket, and has for its object toprovide such a device which is simple in construction, inexpensive incost of manufacture, and readily insertible into the pocket oi thecarrier of the tool, implement, or the like..

The above and other objects will become apparent in the descriptionbelow, in which characters oi reference refer to like-named parts on thedrawings, of which- Figure l represents a front elevational view ot' mydevice with a rule retained thereby for the purposes or' illustration.

Fig. -2 represents a side elevational view Tlv device.

` fJ represents a sectional view oit my aken on the line fir-A ot' Fig.2.

2 represents a view illustrating the of my device in practice.

.'erring now detail to the drawings, my device comprises main frameconstructed preferably of a continuous or endless wire l bent into theconfiguration illustrated, so as to form mouth-like holder having twolegs 2, and 8. Thus my device is of a substantially U-shaped appearancein iront elevation, and of an inverted substanlially 'Ll-shapedappearance in side elevation. A sheet-metal wing d is stretched betweeneach pair oi opposite members ot the trame l, and is folded' back andsecurely clamped as at 5, without the of rivets or other binding means.t is apparent that the aws let the mouth otmy device are flexible, andmay oe readily separated so as to clamp a tool or the like between themand thus retain the same. Likewise it is `apparent that the oppositelegs 2 and 3 are flexible, and may. be readily sepa-rated or broughtnearer to each other. rlhis latter property availed of in my device; linsert the same into the pocket, the legs 2 and 3 first, holding thesame pressed toward each other, and then, when the same are in thepocket, I release the pressure on them, allowing them Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

Serial No. 324,427.

to separate, whence they are Jforced against the interior of the pocket,preventing the device iroin falling out or even from torceul removal.

Having the device then in the pocket, the rule, or tool, or implement,is inserted between the jaws t, which give way and then securely clampand retain the said rule or the like, preventing it from falling out oreven from forceful withdrawal by a thief.

l slit the wings d as at 7, and insert the ends of a patch of cloth orfelt, or the like 6, through said slits from the inside, said felt beingstretched so as to provide a smooth, soft surface. The purpose of thisis to provide a smooth surface for contact with the rule or otherarticle, so that the saine will not be scratched or otherwise injured ormarked. The use of my device is indicated in Fig. i, which shows a rule8 held in my device between the jaws 4f, and the legs 2 and 3 secured inthe pocket 9 ci a mechanicls overalls.

lt is obvious that my invention supplies a much-needed want, as mostmechanics have experienced the inconvenience of having their rules ortools drop from their pockets, particularly without their knowledge.VVith my device such accidents are impossible, and likewise thei't of arule or tool from the pocket is also impossible.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim and desire to secure byLet-ters Patent is follows:

l. In a device of the class described, means for retaining a tool,implement, or the like comprising an endless wire bent into pair ofsubstantially U-shaped jaws, said wire also providing pair of mutuallydivergent legs for securing the device in the pocket, .sa-id jaws andlegs being resilient,l said jaws also being mutually divergent, eachhaving -a band of sheet metal or the like extending over the saine, andfelt or the like on said bands for providing a smooth surface upon whichsaid tool, impleine-nt, or the like is adapted to slide on insertioninto or removal from said device.

Q'. ln a device of the class described, means for retaining a tool,implement, or the like, comprising a pair of mutually divergent jaws anda pair o'F mutually divergent legs, and a body portion joining said jawand leg portions, all formed of an endless resilient wire, said jawsbeing mutually divergent in e direction at right angles to the directionot divergency of said legs, and means for guiding' seid tool, implement,or the like into said device consisting of e bend of sheet metal or Jfhelike stretched across each jew,

and e smooth surace inside each jaw Colnposcd of .a plece of felt or thellke, said hands having parallel slots therein through which said feltor the like passes and is thereby retained in said bands. l0 Signed atNew York in the county of Kings end State of New York this 5th day ofSeptember A. D. 1919.

HERMAN LUDWIG KRANZ.

